80th Anniversary of Bamban Liberation in WWII: 1945 – 2025THE DESTRUCTION OF BAMBAN TOWN – JANUARY 18, 1945 1945年1月18日、バンバンの町が破壊された。 This early morning 6.30 a.m., more than 760 students, tour guides and teachers were visiting our Bamban WWII Museum. It was a cold yet sunny morning under the blue skies of January. The large numbers of …
THE DESTRUCTION OF BAMBAN TOWN – JANUARY 18, 1945 1945年1月18日のバンバン爆撃。 Read More »
THE 21st DIVISION (PHILIPPINE ARMY) DEFENSE AT TARLAC, TARLAC: DECEMBER 30, 1941(1941 年 12 月のタルラック市での戦闘) 82 years ago, the gallant Filipino soldiers defended Tarlac, Tarlac before New Year 1941. Many of the soldiers who fought were actually from this province, as part of 21st Division, Philippine Army. This is their story. UNCERTAIN CHRISTMAS AND NEW …
INVESTIGATING HISTORYTHE AMERICAN AERIAL BOMBINGS OF JAPANESE-HELD CLARK FIELD: DECEMBER 24, 1944(1944年12月24日、アメリカの飛行機が日本軍のクラーク飛行場を爆撃した。) In this Holiday Season, we are enjoying the cold evening of Christmas and the upcoming New Year. Going back in time, during WWII, in one of the many aerial bombardments conducted by the American navy carrier planes and Army Air Corps bombers at …
As a descendant of WWII veterans, I take pride in the legacy of heroism of my uncles and grandfathers who sacrificed and one gave the ultimate price for our freedom. Many of our museum guests were and are actually related to soldiers who fought and died in WWII; Filipinos, Aeta Negritos, Americans, Japanese, and to …
Investigating History: THE BAMBAN WWII MEMORIAL(バンバン大東亜戦争記念碑)Aside from the Bamban WWII Museum, we decided to establish the WWII Memorial in 2005 at the base of the former Hill 500 (Bantiti) that became the first battlefield of the Bamban Hills in 1945. Lately, we rehabilitated the war memorial in time for the 80th anniversary of the Liberation …
On December 14, 1944, the Japanese ship (passenger liner) Oryoku Maru, carrying more than 1,600 American prisoners of war, was in Subic Bay near Sueste Point, where she was attacked by American navy bombers and fighters from U.S.S. Hornet (CV-12) and Cabot (CVL-29). On board the auxiliary transport ship were 547 Japanese women and children, …
This afternoon, another important event happened with the visit of important delegates from Non-Commissioned Officer School, Philippine Army; the Sergeant Major Class and Drill Master Class. This is the second batches from said courses provided with our unique WWII Historical Tours and brief lecture on the role of Filipino NCOs who fought in WWII in …
THE NEGRITOS (AYTAS) OF MT. PINATUBOThis article highlights the Aytas of Tarlac, Pampanga, and Zambales, accounts of the tribal wars and guerrilla operations in support of the USAFFE resistance movement and later in the ultimate combat victory of the American forces in 1945. From the verdant forested mountain areas of southwest and western Tarlac (Capas, …
THE AYTAS IN WWII: THE FORGOTTEN HISTORY OF THE NEGRITO MOUNTAIN PATROL FORCES IN LUZON Read More »
THE LAST DAYS OF THE KAMIKAZE SPECIAL ATTACK AT CLARK AREA, JANUARY 1945.クラーク飛行場地区における日本の特攻隊の最後の日。On January 8-10, 1945, on the eve of the escape of Vice-Admiral Onishi Takijiro (1st Air Fleet, Imperial Japanese Navy) from the Bamban Naval Headquarters tunnel, the remnants of the 1st and 2nd Air Fleet pilots, some of them belonging to Kamikaze Special …
CLARK FIELD 1944 – クラーク飛行場1944年。Clark Airfield and its satellite air strips in Bamban (Tarlac province), Mabalacat, Angeles and Porac (Pampanga province) covering about 13 fields became one of the biggest and most important air facilities in the Philippines in 1944. On September 21, 1944, carrier-borne fighters and bombers of the US Navy conducted its first …
